Immune Repertoire Analysis
with Vidjil
Rennes (France), 22-23 May 2024
V(D)J recombinations in lymphocytes are essential for immunological diversity. They are also useful markers of pathologies, and in leukemia, are used to quantify the minimal residual disease during patient follow-up. High-throughput sequencing (NGS/HTS) now enables the deep sequencing of lymphoid populations. With dedicated Rep-Seq bioinformatics methods and software, clinicians and researchers can now qualify and sometimes quantify the heterogeneity of these lymphoid populations.
This sixth workshop is intended for users and developers of Vidjil, to share experience, protocols and results, to raise questions and decide development priorities, and possibly to set up new collaborations between biologists and bioinformaticians. The workshop will include invited talks, hematology, immunology and bioinformatics talks from the users and developers of Vidjil, and practical hands-on sessions on participant data. The Vidjil Workshop usually takes place every 18 months. The previous workshops (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022) gathered at each edition between 30 and 40 scientists from 5 to 7 countries.
Preliminary Program
A more detailed program will be available early May 2024. The workshop includes invited talks, hematology and bioinformatics talks from the users and developers of Vidjil, and practical hands-on sessions on participant data. We expect that one participant from each group will do a short presentation of his research or clinical work, and, if applicable, of the results obtained with Vidjil or with other software.
For the practical sessions, the participants are invited to bring a laptop and some of their NGS data (fasta / fastq / fastq.gz files). The data can also be uploaded before the workshop into user accounts on app.vidjil.org before the workshop. We also provide public test data for the people who do not currently have their own NGS Rep-Seq data.
Wednesday 22 May
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Registration, coffee |
| 9:45 – 10:00 | Introduction |
| 10:00 – 12:30 |
Keynote talk (TBA) Talks: Algorithmics and bioinformatics
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| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Talks: Immunology and Hematology (1)
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| 15:00 – 16:30 | Practical sessions 1
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| 17:00 – 17:30 |
Talks: Bioinformatics software, regulation and certification
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| 20:00 | Dinner |
Thursday 23 May
| 9:00 – 10:30 | Talks: Immunology and Hematology (2)
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| 11:00 – 12:30 | Practical session 2 |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Round table
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| 15:30 – 16:00 | Conclusion |
Registration
The workshop is sponsored by the VidjilNet consortium at Inria. There is no registration fee. To register, please copy, paste and fill the following lines into an email to Clément, Florian, Mathieu and Mikaël :
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First name:
Last name:
Function:
Laboratory/hospital:
City:
Country:
I will be present in Rennes:
[ ] Both days
[ ] Wednesday 22 May 2024
[ ] Thursday 23 May 2024
My usage of Vidjil:
[ ] I use Vidjil at least once a month
[ ] I use Vidjil occasionnaly
[ ] I am a new user or I don't use Vidjil
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The two lunches (22 and 23 May) and the dinner of the evening of the 22 May are free for registered participants. For organization purposes, we invite you to register as soon as possible and before 3 May 2024.
Dmitry Djcuce (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Practical information in Rennes
The workshop takes place at Université de Rennes on the Beaulieu campus. More details will follow.
Organizers
The workshop is organized by Clément Chesnin, Mathieu Giraud, Mikaël Salson, Florian Thonier, from CRIStAL, Inria Lille and the VidjilNet consortium.